Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, ca. 1260
MS M.111 fol. 71r

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Mattathias: slaying Jew -- Antiochus V, crowned, seated on bench within trefoil arch of building, holds scepter in left hand and points with right hand to Mattathias, wearing cap, raising sword above head of Jew, wearing cap, holding bowl with boar's head. Behind Mattathias, soldier, wearing mail, raises sword above head of another figure, bending over, hands joined.
Figures on gold and patterned background within initial E decorated with geometric ornament.
Beginning of II Maccabees. Illustration for I Maccabees 2:23-26.